The diagram below shows the demand curve and marginal cost and marginal revenue curves for a new heart medication for which the pharmaceutical firm holds a 20-year patent on its production and sales.This protection gives the firm monopoly power for the 20 years of the patent. 
FIGURE 10-6
-Refer to Figure 10-6.Assume this pharmaceutical firm has no fixed costs and is practicing perfect price discrimination among its buyers.At its profit-maximizing level of output,it will generate a total profit represented by
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